Bramham Horse Trials 2016: Tattersall predicts huge future for Holly

BRAMHAM winner Gemma Tattersall tipped York’s Holly Woodhead to have a massive future after benefitting from the 22-year-old’s show jumping heartbreak in the CIC three-star.

One year after winning Bramham’s Bishop Burton College Under-25s CCI three-star on DHI Lupison, Woodhead and her star gelding led the 2016 CIC event from the outset but dropped from first to eighth in Sunday’s show jumping finale.

NOT TO BE: Holly Woodhead riding DHI Lupison in action in the British Equestrian Trade Association CIC*** Showjumping during day four of the Bramham Horse Trials at Bramham Park. Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire.

A perfect clear round from overnight second Tattersall on Chico Bella P left Woodhead no margin for error, but the York rider and DHI Lupison put three fences down, much to the anguish of the Bramham crowd.

But a gracious Tattersall felt plenty of sympathy for the home favourite who Tattersall said would soon be regaining the winning thread.